(2 articles) The rise of wellness travel, from rewilding to yoga and pilgrimages | The hotel of the future

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Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium The rise of wellness travel, from rewilding to yoga and pilgrimages    Having escaped the confines of the spa, wellness now influences the travel experience far and wide, offering new ways to discover the world. The number of people concerned about their health and wellbeing has rocketed since the pandemic began. The stats are legion but among them, 80% of those surveyed by Public Health England in 2020 — in the first year of Covid-19 — reported wanting to change their lifestyle in 2021 to become healthier. Meanwhile, an Ipsos study in 2021 noted that 62% of Americans believe health is more important to them than before the pandemic. And this has, as countless more reports will attest, changed the way many of us want to travel. Just over a fifth (21%) of global travellers are currently travelling for health- and wellness-driven reasons according to the 2022 Travel Trends research by luxury travel network Virtuoso, conducted jointly with YouGov. And its findings suggest this is likely to grow in 2023, with 29% of global travellers stating interest in travelling for wellness reasons in the future. Trends include travel to reconnect — with friends, family, partners or children — and a growing focus on sleep wellness. The research notes ‘the rise in apps like Calm and Headspace permeating travel products, providing flyers the ability to plug in and meditate while in flight’ — not to mention the growing number of sleep retreats aimed at aiding insomniacs. Continued here You Might Like � � � � � � � � � The hotel of the future    How will hotel operators use new technologies, respond to travelers’ changing needs and preferences, and become more sustainable? Five leaders of McKinsey’s Travel, Logistics & Infrastructure Practice envision what the hotel experience might be like in the 2030s. The following transcript has been edited for clarity. This video features Margaux Constantin, Vik Krishnan, Matteo Pacca, Steve Saxon, and Caroline Tufft, representing views from McKinsey’s Travel, Logistics & Infrastructure Practice. Caroline Tufft: The big change that I anticipate, more than anything, in hotels in the future is that every single pain point will be removed. There will be no check-in line. There will be much better, more flexible options—you won’t have to wait until 4:00 p.m. to check in. Continued here

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